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Practicing Parenthood
When opposing counsels attract!
Assistant DA Collin Baptista has a never sleep with the enemy. He broke it once—with defense attorney Madison Reddy. Now Madison’s pregnant and Collin heads to her North Captiva retreat with a ring, prepared to do the right thing. What he’s not prepared for is her flat-out rejection.
Madison may not think he’s ready to be a father, but Collin’s sure he can convince her otherwise. And when the couple find a lost goldendoodle puppy, they get plenty of opportunity to practice being a family. Maybe a secluded Florida island and a stray puppy can teach these two rivals to be a couple—and parents!
Assistant DA Collin Baptista has a never sleep with the enemy. He broke it once—with defense attorney Madison Reddy. Now Madison’s pregnant and Collin heads to her North Captiva retreat with a ring, prepared to do the right thing. What he’s not prepared for is her flat-out rejection.
Madison may not think he’s ready to be a father, but Collin’s sure he can convince her otherwise. And when the couple find a lost goldendoodle puppy, they get plenty of opportunity to practice being a family. Maybe a secluded Florida island and a stray puppy can teach these two rivals to be a couple—and parents!
384 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published April 3, 2018
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Cara Lockwood
103 books372 followersI've written more than 30 books in a number of genres: chick lit, romance, suspense, paranormal and young adult. My debut novel, I Do (But I Don't) was made into a Lifetime Original movie.
I grew up in Mesquite, Texas, which for those of you who like livestock shows, is the home of the Mesquite Rodeo. Ironically, Mesquite was named after Mesquite trees, only none of them now exist in the city, which is about fifteen minutes east of Dallas. No, I don't own a pair of cowboy boots, although I do own quite an impressive collection of black shoes. My Dad is a third-generation Japanese-American, and my mom is a second-generation Texan who's mostly English.
I went to school at the University of Pennsylvania, only I'm not sure how I got in. I think these days they only accept students who can solve String Theory. Anyway, I majored in English, and because my dad said "and just what are you going to do with an English degree?" I went to work for the school newspaper. After college, I spent four years as a newspaper reporter, working for an overly excitable editor who sent me running anytime the police scanner went off. I was working insane hours for next to no pay. I was actually sent to cover a grass fire on my 25th Birthday. Let me tell you, it smelled bad. I think some mice may have lost their lives. But that was about it in terms of excitement. Happy Birthday to Me.
So, I decided after I had taken to hiding from my editor in the bathroom at the office anytime the police scanner went off, that journalism probably wasn't for me. I went to work for a marketing firm and discovered that most everyone else didn't stay until ten o'clock every night writing up their riveting story about grass fires. I also decided that I would take advantage of that free time to write some fiction. That's when I started writing "I Do (But I Don't)." A year later, I finished it, thanks to the help of my friend, Shannon, who wouldn't let me slack off and kept asking me for chapters.
And that's how I became a writer. Except that it still feels weird to say, "I'm a writer." I keep expecting to wake up tomorrow and have to go cover another grass fire.
I'm married and live with a blended broad of seven near Chicago, where I'm hard at work on my next book!
I grew up in Mesquite, Texas, which for those of you who like livestock shows, is the home of the Mesquite Rodeo. Ironically, Mesquite was named after Mesquite trees, only none of them now exist in the city, which is about fifteen minutes east of Dallas. No, I don't own a pair of cowboy boots, although I do own quite an impressive collection of black shoes. My Dad is a third-generation Japanese-American, and my mom is a second-generation Texan who's mostly English.
I went to school at the University of Pennsylvania, only I'm not sure how I got in. I think these days they only accept students who can solve String Theory. Anyway, I majored in English, and because my dad said "and just what are you going to do with an English degree?" I went to work for the school newspaper. After college, I spent four years as a newspaper reporter, working for an overly excitable editor who sent me running anytime the police scanner went off. I was working insane hours for next to no pay. I was actually sent to cover a grass fire on my 25th Birthday. Let me tell you, it smelled bad. I think some mice may have lost their lives. But that was about it in terms of excitement. Happy Birthday to Me.
So, I decided after I had taken to hiding from my editor in the bathroom at the office anytime the police scanner went off, that journalism probably wasn't for me. I went to work for a marketing firm and discovered that most everyone else didn't stay until ten o'clock every night writing up their riveting story about grass fires. I also decided that I would take advantage of that free time to write some fiction. That's when I started writing "I Do (But I Don't)." A year later, I finished it, thanks to the help of my friend, Shannon, who wouldn't let me slack off and kept asking me for chapters.
And that's how I became a writer. Except that it still feels weird to say, "I'm a writer." I keep expecting to wake up tomorrow and have to go cover another grass fire.
I'm married and live with a blended broad of seven near Chicago, where I'm hard at work on my next book!
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April 1, 2018
Lawyers, like doctors, are said to practice their profession. In this case, a prosecuting attorney, Collin Baptista, and a defense attorney, Madison Reddy, are opposing counsel who end up in the same bar--and bed!--after a particularly difficult case, one he wins and one she was happy to lose.
But what throws Madison is her positive pregnancy test, something she never expected would happen to her. To get her head on straight and figure out how she's going to reorder her life with a baby on the way, she retreats to her uncle's property on North Captiva island. Unexpectedly, Collin is thrilled to learn Madison is pregnant and he follows her to the island, determined to marry her, to make sure HIS son (he's certain it's a boy) will have the kind of family he never enjoyed. Only trouble with that plan is that Madison refuses his ring and his offer!
What follows is the inadvertent, call it accidental, adoption of a goldendoodle puppy, whose antics test both adults' ability to keep the dog out of trouble and in the yard. What also follows is that same criminal, now threatening to kill both lawyers who had something to do with his incarceration.
When Collin learns of the bad guy's intention, he is determined to keep Madison, and their baby, safe. Trouble is, she misinterprets his casual encounter with a buxom woman at a post-wedding party and is now convinced that all of Collin's words about how they are destined to be together forever are just so many words, that he really doesn't love her, no matter how skilled he is in bed or the courtroom.
How the story ends kept me on the edge of my seat until the last page. Enjoy!
But what throws Madison is her positive pregnancy test, something she never expected would happen to her. To get her head on straight and figure out how she's going to reorder her life with a baby on the way, she retreats to her uncle's property on North Captiva island. Unexpectedly, Collin is thrilled to learn Madison is pregnant and he follows her to the island, determined to marry her, to make sure HIS son (he's certain it's a boy) will have the kind of family he never enjoyed. Only trouble with that plan is that Madison refuses his ring and his offer!
What follows is the inadvertent, call it accidental, adoption of a goldendoodle puppy, whose antics test both adults' ability to keep the dog out of trouble and in the yard. What also follows is that same criminal, now threatening to kill both lawyers who had something to do with his incarceration.
When Collin learns of the bad guy's intention, he is determined to keep Madison, and their baby, safe. Trouble is, she misinterprets his casual encounter with a buxom woman at a post-wedding party and is now convinced that all of Collin's words about how they are destined to be together forever are just so many words, that he really doesn't love her, no matter how skilled he is in bed or the courtroom.
How the story ends kept me on the edge of my seat until the last page. Enjoy!
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